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BUTTON. Y

lPPLIUATIOIIY FILED DEO. 31.1908..

Patented Feb. 15,191o.

5 for use; on clothing generally', it is also applithe b utton is desired.

ber havino its free end terniinatin in a re .preventthe button from 'becoming disenl toni plan view of the device. Fig. 5 a ver- Toall 'whom-'it may concern:

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JOSEPH TALIS, OF TRENTON, NEXV JERSEY.

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Be it known that losnPH'TAMs, a citizen offthejUnited States residing at Trenton, in the county of-Mercerand State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Buttonof which the following is specification. :'.This invention relatesv to detachable buttons, and morev particularly to that class el' buttons in which novel means are. Vprovided thatwill permit. of the saine to be readily applied and securely retained on any 1"".ibrie.' d

While `this device is especially designed cable for use in other arts, wherein a button 1s employed and a removable fasteningr tor The object of the invention is to provide :i bntton-head of any style, with a shank memversely turned and pointed hook which is adapted to engage in the fabric and. thereby gafrcd. 4

n the .drawings-Fivure 1 is a side elevation of my invention, showing the same a.p` plied .to a. fabric, said fabric being shown in cross-section. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the device, showing the same applied to a fabric, with the outer lining 4thereof.: removed. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of: the device Showing the saine applied to a fabric with both liningsl removed. Fig'. a bottical sectional view of the device. big. 3 an inverted perspective View of the devise.l and Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional view showing a modified form of my invention.

Like numerals .of reference designate ecrresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

Referrinof to the drawings, T designates the head 0 a button of any desirable construction. Integral with and extending ecntrally from the back of the head, is a. shank 8, around which is arranged a. coiled springr wire 9. One end of this wire is firmly se.- cured to the back 7* of the button-head by solder or any other suitable means. The coils are preferably compressed tofether the entire len h of the shank 8, and are also arrangedto closely embrace the said shank. The last coil 9 of the wire is formed with a. greater diameter than the others, and is also l inclined a. certain dist-,ance therefrom in order to provide room for the entrance of Specicat'lon of Letters Patent. i ,l lApplication'iiled December 31, 1998.

serial. N o. 47eme.

, beyondl the end -8 of the shank, and," iis;

shown in the accompanying drawingsin cludes a substantially right-angled bend@ The free end'of the looped s )ring wiice", tends downwardlyr at anangie from the bein' and terminates 1n an oi'set aiul"i'eveis`l" i. turned hook l() which is rovided witha,

fabric penetrating point l ,--tlie outer ufiiif. E. l0h of the hoolc'bein'g preferably eurv'edsofc as to easily Jierce a fabric.' The hook 1 0 i which exten s from the last coil 9, is arf'z ranged at an obtuse angle with respect 'to' es;

the center line of the coiled body. )Il constructionenables the operator to a fabric with the hook without the nece of turning the buttonto one side.

In applying this button, the point.` IOQ the hook 10 is inserted into a. fabrie.` l`3' and ffl-.g the button turned to the right untilthlafsli '7.5; coil 9 of the spring wire comes into contact' with the fabric. The button is then gi-v a reverseturn to the left, which, by reason of the coiled wire, ,will cause theA fabri'cfl 'to be tightly compressed between the end ,SD

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of the shank and the last coil 9* of the spr'in wire. The substantially right angledbend 9" of' said coil, will tend to prevent the'biit ton from turning. The button is again ,.i., turned to the ri rht. and the hook is caused'-85 to penetrate the ining ll of the said fabi Thus, it will be seen that the' reversely A turned hook will prevent the button' from. becoming u'feidentally detached.

.its shown by reference to Fig. l of the drawing, this button is especially applicable for use on clothes in which two linings are en'iiiloyed, the hook being designed to engage the inner or Center lining l1, :the outer lining l2 serving as a guard to protect. other 95 fabric from contact-ing with the point of the hook.

The shank of the button may be formed entirely of the coiled wire and thus the shank 8 may be dispensed with. I wish it under: 100 stood that. in the claims the term' shank includes either construction, unless the express language of the claims defines a. dilerent meaning.

From the foregoing; itf-is thought that the' 105 construction, operation7 and many advan tages of the herein described invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art, With-, out. further description', and it will be un'- derstood that various changes in the size, 11C shape, proportion and miior details of cona. fabric. This coil extends a. short distance struction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit'or sacrificing any of l Avdetachable button comprising a head, the advantages of the invention..

Having thus described my invention, what I claim asnew and desire tosecure by a head,"` and I'a ters-Patent is L:

1. A detachable .button comprisin a shank extending from the@V hea coiled member .arranged around and tightly embracing' the Shank and having'onfend se- 'cured to the head, and the free end thereof terminating in a/reversely turned hook.

f2. A detachable button comprising ,a head,V

and a rigid elia'nk'member extending from the head .andhavingfa coiled wire ody, the last coil of 'the body being spaced rom the preceding one and. extending be ondA the shank, and a reversely turned lioo extending from `Ith'e last coil.

3i A detachable button comprising a head, a rigid shank member extending rom the head and having'a coiled wire body, the last'l lcoil of the bod being spaced from the preceding one, sai last coil including a snbstan-` tially rightangled bend, and a reve'rsely turned hook extending 'from the last coil, said hook being arranged at an angle to the button head. e'

V- 4. A detachable buttoncomprising a head from said coiled, body.

and a shank member having a coiled body, the outer coil extending from the shank and of greater diameter thanthe contiguous coil, said coil being inclined to provide space for a fabricto be received and clamped against -tlie end of the shank member, and -a hook extending from the said outer coil and offset it Land the adjacent coi .the center line thereof,

a rlgid shank'member having a ,colled wire lHoody'providedwith a .clamping coil at its outer end forcla pm the.v fabric between of the body,l and a hook extending outwardly from the coiled body and arranged at an obtuse angle with respect to the center` line of the body, said hook Vbeing adapted to engage the fabric and thereby 4and a hook-extending outwardly from the shank member and arranged atan obtuse angle with respect to the center line thereof, the hook being reversely turned and the outer 4arm thereof being, pointed and arranged in alowr lane than the inner arm. '7. A detachable utton comprising a head, 'a rigid shank` member, and a hook extending outwardly' ifrom the shank member and arranged at an vobtuse angle withy respect to the hook being reversely turned and the outer arm thereof being pointed and arranged in a lower plane than the'innr arm. In testimony, that I 'claim the foregoing as my own, I have heretoaixed my signature 1n the presence of two witnesses. Y ,Y f JOSEPH TAMS. Witnesses: A

HENRY REYNOLDS, Jr., Lewis V. ROBINSON.

prevent the rotation and consequent` l.lisplacement ofthe button. 

